<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hmm, I think it's that "You want me to do what?" or "You've got to be kidding!" look. :-)<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Encore Pianos" <encorepianos@metrocast.net><br><b>To: </b>pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 7, 2011 2:45:59 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [pianotech] Mirror Piano<br><br><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Gosh Barbara, your eyes look like you are listening to voices within. I thought I heard you whispering, “They’re HERE……” </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#548DD4">J</span><span style="color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Will Truitt</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Richmond<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 07, 2011 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Mirror Piano</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you have a mirror piano, it could make you knock kneed and then grow up to be a piano technician....<br><br>anon<br><br><br></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><hr id="zwchr" align="center" size="2" width="100%"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">"Noah Frere" <<a href="mailto:noahfrere@gmail.com" target="_blank">noahfrere@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 7, 2011 8:29:19 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[pianotech] Mirror Piano<br><br>I told someone yesterday that the cut-off portion of an old Upright, where they added the mirror, did not degrade the structure of the piano. I still believe that, but I wanted to confirm it with others. She found this online, not I don't think to argue against my point, but just as an anecdote:<br><br><i>"During World War 2, American piano manufacturers ceased production to assist in the war effort. Rationing made it impossible to build a piano during those years, so piano tuners and rebuilders saw a golden opportunity to keep up with the public's demands by introducing the "mirror piano". They simply took a large old upright, often a gutted player piano, cut a step-shelf along the top, and secured a mirror across the exposed back so that the piano had the appearance of being smaller or more modern. These "re-styled" pianos became very popular during the war, and unfortunately this trend continued for another 30 years. Hundreds of thousands of heirloom pianos were butchered during these years, and they are still commonly encountered. Because irreparable damage was done to the integrity of the instrument, mirror pianos are seldom worth more than a few hundred dollars at best." </i><br><br>Are we all in agreement that the "irreparable damage" is cosmetic only?</span></p></div></div></div></body></html>